First Grade Topics--An Important Person I know About.

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When I read this topic, I suddenly thought of my seventh grade English teacher, and basically the one subject she taught all year expounding the life of Edgar Allan Poe. She was quite obsessed with him. There are numerous memories I recall about this class: 1. All our periods were double packed due to the fact the new school was still in the building phase, so we were stuffed full in every room, and the hallways were a disaster course. 2. The boys in the back were always shooting spit wads on the ceiling or at each other, and I was terrified of one hitting my hair or face, because eww, gross. 3. From the vast amount of facts she taught about his life, One which stands out recounts the time his wife was freezing which prompted him to put their cat under the blanket to warm her body. Sadly, she died anyway, and it broke his heart. She taught about his childhood through his death. Though her frustration was always evident, understandably--considering the amount of children surrounding her, a good teacher was concealed deep in her soul. No other explanation would answer the survival of memories for her class though nothing from the others. This is the second time I've borrowed a topic from this list for first graders, and the list is long. Do you remember any stand out subjects or teachers when you were young?